Safety-zone protector.



1. CALVERT.

SAFETY ZONE PROTECTOR.

APPUcATloN FILED MAR.4.1915.

l ,l 89,344. Patented July 4, 1916.

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JOI-IN CALVERT, F MOUNT CLEIYIENS, MICHIGAN.

SAFETY-ZONE PROTECTOR.

Application led March 4, 1916. Serial No. 82,054.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN CALvnnT, a subject of the King of England, residing at Mount Clemens, in the countyof li/Iacomb and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Zone Protectors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a safety zone protecting device that may be advantageously used by cities and municipalities to protect lpedestrians or persons in a Vsafety zone from vehicular trafiic, particularly encroaching vehicles or those that are recklessly driven.

My invention aims to provide a portable guard or protecting device that can be easily and quickly anchored upon a paved street or on a road, in proximity to a safety zone or law prescribed waiting territory to prevent recklessly driven vehicles from running down and injuring persons alighting from street cars, persons about to aboard cars, or persons awaiting cars or seeking safety in such a zone.v The guard or safety device by which such protection is obtained is installed and maintained by street cars or city officials, for instance the trailic division of a police department.

My invention further aims toprovide a vehicle barrier wherein the parts are constructed with a view of reducing the cost of manufacture and at the same time retain the features by which safety, durability, simplicity and ease of assembling are secured, and with such ends in view, my invention resides in the-novel construction to be here- -inafter described and then claimed.

Reference will nowV be ing, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan of a safety zone protecting device in accordance with my inhad to the drawventiOn; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;'Fig. 3 is an end view of the device;

kSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4v, 1916.

groove, crevice, or seat 3 provided therefor in a paved street adjacent lto a track and a safety Zone. The plates l and 4 are made of stlrong and durable metal preferably boiler p ate.

plates thus making them detachable for convenience of eas 1 removal to another location if necessary, the traction platel e to be fifty-six inches wide in all cases, and treated` or formed or slotted as indicated at 6 to provide footing for horses. The anchor plate l and barrier 7 can be made any width to conform with width of Zone needed.

@ne end of the anchor plate l is strength reinforced by angle brackets 8 adapted to swing under and over the end of the anchor plate l and assist in maintaining the barrier plate 7 in a vertical position. The barrier 7 is fastened to anchor plate l by means of heavy hinges with removable bolts for convenience of removing barrier 7 while plates l and l remain. The outer side of the barrier plate also has angularly disposed braces 9 adapted t0 engage a paved street and brace the upper portion of the barrier plate against a sudden blow, such as an automobile contacting with the same.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised a guard or protecting device which will impart a feeling of' security to persons in a safety zone, for the reason that should an automobile strike the barrier 7 the momentum of the vehicle will move the whole apparatus forward. But with the additional weight of the vehicle that hits the barrier it is practically impossible to move the whole forward more than three feet. In consequence no persons in a safety Zone could be injured. v The flange 2 extending into the grooveB prevents the guard from swerving on to a street car track.

The device in its entiretycan be painted or otherwise treated to render the same noncorrodible, and injured parts thereof can be easily and quickly-renewed.

While in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of ymy invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claimiszy l. A safety zone protecting device com- Strap hinges 5 with removable bolts" are preferably employed to connect the so'A prising an anchor plate, a traction plate adapted to be Jfolded on said anchor plate, and a barrier at one end of said anchor plate.

2. A safety zone protecting device coinprising an anchor plate having a depending flange adapted to engage in a Street, a barrier removably secured to one end of said anchor plate, and a traction plate connected to an edge of said anchor plate and adapted to fold thereon.

3. A safety zone protecting device coniprising an anchor plate, a. depending flange carried thereby adapted to engage in a street, a barrier at an end of said anchor plate, brackets carried by said barrier and adapted to extend under said anchor plate, and braces connected to said barrier.

4. A safety zone protecting device comprising an anchor plate, a depending flange on the edge thereof adapted to engage in a street, a barrier connected to an end of said anchor plate, braces connected to said barrier, and a traction plate connected to thereon.

5. A safety zone protecting device c0131-, l,

prising an anchor plate, a traction plate connected to said anchor plate and adapted to fold thereon, a barrier at one end of said anchor plate and means carried by Said anchor plate adapted to hold said plate relative to a seat.

6. A safety Zone protecting device comprising an anchor plate, a depending flange at one end thereof adapted to engage in a street, a barrier at an end of said anchor plate, brackets carried by said barrier and secured to said anchor plate, braces connected to said barrier, and a traction plate connected to said anchor plate and having a rough face.

In testimony Whereofl afliX my signature in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

JOHN CALVERT. 7Witnesses:

ANNA M. DORR, G. E. MCGRANN.

Copies of thm patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of 4Patents, Washington, D. C. 

